Welcome to Type Analysis. This project will be centered around the Monotype metagame and will last eighteen weeks. Each week we'll discuss a certain type. While the discussion can be based around pretty much anything, these are some questions that could be answered if you're looking for ideas. At the end of each...

Monotype Type Analysis]]>26OM Interviews (#11: imas234)Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:03:05 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/om-interviews-11-imas234.3526356/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/om-interviews-11-imas234.3526356/SnaquazaSnaquazaOM InterviewsWelcome to the OM Interviews. This is a project similar to Player of the Week, but OM edition. Each week, a famous OM player will be interviewed. He'll tell about the OM's he plays, what kinds of playstyles he uses and a lot of other things. Besides being fun to read it could give some insight for newer players and help to get them into OM's, as...​OM Interviews (#11: imas234)]]>362ORAS Forgot to Use (FU)Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:37:21 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/oras-forgot-to-use-fu.3519286/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/oras-forgot-to-use-fu.3519286/Gary2346Gary2346 ORAS Forgot to Use

Credit to brightobject for the amazing banner!Introduction​
Welcome to the FU Metagame...

Welcome to Inheritance, a metagame I thought of while the submissions were closed.

Any Pokemon in the metagame can "inherit" the moves and ability from a certain Pokemon. It has to inherit both the moves and the ability. You may only use the moves and ability from that Pokemon, so you lose your own (Unless you choose to inherit your own moves/ability). The game will just check if there's any...

Following in the tradition of the original Balanced Hackmons, BHXY is an experiment in the reduction of teambuilding restrictions. You can use any pokemon with any move with any item.
The current banlist is as follows:
- OHKO moves
- Wonder Guard
- Huge Power
- Pure Power
- Shadow Tag
- Arena Trap
- Parental Bond
- Evasion Moves...

Every month, one metagame is selected to have its own ladder. This metagame is playable for (obviously) one month. Near the end of the month, nominations and voting will be held for the next metagame. Nominations will be open for one week, during which time you may nominate an existing metagame (you must...

Viability Rankings /...​Monotype XY - [Read post #393 for Tiering Updates]]]>1699Seasonal Ladder [Mar+Apr: Super Staff Bros.]Tue, 31 Mar 2015 05:18:23 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/seasonal-ladder-mar-apr-super-staff-bros.3491902/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/seasonal-ladder-mar-apr-super-staff-bros.3491902/JoimJoimCurrent Seasonal
The current seasonal, March and April, is Super Staff Bros. Most of the staff and some ex-staff members are available as custom Pokémon. They have custom item, ability, moveset, and each one of them has a special signature move that yields unseen power. With over 100 custom Pokémon sets and moves, this Seasonal's fun is unprecedented, the ride never ends!

All Pokémon have their own clique switch-in and faint phrases. Some have special events. They all have FUN FUN FUN....

Welcome to the kektus ladder challenge. One of the more twisted ones around.

Little history
Kektus challenge started up after a small spark of intrest arised in BH topic and other meta room when discussing some rather.. bizarre sets. After a little brainstorm, the thought arised: "How far could you ladder with these things?" And so the first kektus challenge arose and ran its course last year....

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Welcome to 1v1, XY edition! 1v1 is a very simple metagame in which two Pokemon square off against each other to decide a winner. In a metagame without teammates, a Pokémon needs to rely on its own traits, and the strategy of its trainer, to win battles.

New: 1v1 now includes 3v3 team preview, which means you bring up to three Pokemon and use one of them to battle....

​Welcome to the fourth installment of the Almost Any Ability (AAA) thread! This will be the main discussion hub of AAA ORAS, used for all sorts of metagame discussion and any questions about the tier. AAA already has a permanent ladder on the main server, and is easy to play! If you want to discuss the meta on PS! or try to find an AAA tournament your best bet is the Other...

Almost Any Ability ORAS [Mamoswine rebanned]]]>106Stat Switch [Azumarill+Regice Banned]Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:16:08 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/stat-switch-azumarill-regice-banned.3518568/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/stat-switch-azumarill-regice-banned.3518568/SnaquazaSnaquaza
This Metagame changes one very simple thing. It exchanges the highest and lowest Base Stats of a certain Pokemon. This causes many Pokemon to fulfill different niches and allows a lot of fun testing what are good new threats and what has been nerved to mediocrity.

If a Pokemon has more than one Stat as their highest/lowest, both will be swapped. Pokemon with Mega's will work like all other Pokemon as people told me yesterday it is possible to change HP....

Welcome to the second iteration of the monotype good cores thread! A special thanks to Inscribe for getting this project started. For those of you that do not know, the word "core" refers a group of 2 or more Pokemon that work well together. Their combined utility allows each to excel beyond their individual effectiveness. The core's viability can derive from defensive synergy,...​

The basic concept of this metagame is that you can use any Mega Stone (or the Red/Blue Orbs) on any Pokémon. When that Pokémon then Mega Evolves (or undergoes Primal Reversion), it gains the same stat increases that the original user of that Mega Stone/Orb does, along with its ability and any type changes that the Mega Evolved/Primal Reverted form has compared to the base form....

art by yours truly​
Welcome to the BH UU Minitour! Thanks to based lord Antar, BH usage stats are BACK, and that means we have BH UU again! The legal mons are determined by the mons that are below the 3.41% usage threshold based on the...

Haxmons is a unique tier which features quite special mechanics, that promote battling in a new and interesting way.
In haxmons, three things are changes to general Mechanics, all of these are generally called "Hax".
1. All moves that can miss, will miss.
2. All moves will land a Critical Hit.
3. All secondary effects will...

Haxmons (Playable on Aqua)]]>292Averagemons ORAS (Sableye, Kangaskhanite, Gengarite, Gothita evolution family banned)Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:26:48 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/averagemons-oras-sableye-kangaskhanite-gengarite-gothita-evolution-family-banned.3526481/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/averagemons-oras-sableye-kangaskhanite-gengarite-gothita-evolution-family-banned.3526481/MampMampMetagame originally created by Fusxfaranto, permission to post this granted by Eevee General

Let's face it. Most of our ladders are pretty inactive, even though we have a lot of really cool metagames with permanent status this generation. So we're going to issue a monthly challenge. Players will have until the last day of the month to get as high as possible on a particular ladder. But wait. Where's the challenge in that? Well, introducing......

Welcome to the all new generation of STABmons! X & Y and then ORAS introduced us to many new Pokémon, moves, abilities, and even a new type, and all of it is sure to make a splash in the new and improved STABmons metagame. This time around, I've streamlined the rules to make it easier to play....

This Metagame bans all Pokemon with a Base Stat of Base 100 or higher. This means that with relatively low stats you can shine is this metagame. 95 Speed is a really high speed tier, 90 Defenses are above average and you can easily sweep with 90 Attacking Stats. It also equalizes potential as nothing is particularly outstanding,...

This is a working progress so do not take anything for granted!
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If a link is dead, then no writeup has been written for that Pokemon. Feel free to reserve it.
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​Welcome to the Monotype...

Monotype Viability Rankings [See post #1118 before reserving]]]>1214Creative and Underrated Sets Balanced Hackmons Edition (NO SHITTY GIMMICKS, POSTS WILL BE DELETED)Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:52:45 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/creative-and-underrated-sets-balanced-hackmons-edition-no-shitty-gimmicks-posts-will-be-deleted.3513125/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/creative-and-underrated-sets-balanced-hackmons-edition-no-shitty-gimmicks-posts-will-be-deleted.3513125/Ranger HelmutRanger HelmutApproved by The Eevee General OP stolen from ginganinja Original thread in bw from Adrian MarinWhat is a new and creative, good moveset?

It successfully pulls off a role, and is not strictly outclassed by others.

It takes advantage of metagame trends.

It has had some success. Post replays / logs to strengthen your case.

What is an underrated, good moveset?

It is an...

Creative and Underrated Sets Balanced Hackmons Edition (NO SHITTY GIMMICKS, POSTS WILL BE DELETED)]]>171Other Metagames Teambuilding ProjectThu, 26 Mar 2015 17:11:45 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/other-metagames-teambuilding-project.3521809/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/other-metagames-teambuilding-project.3521809/insanelegendinsanelegendA lot of this is stolen from Aerow 's thread, lots of credit to him
Welcome to the Other Metas Teambuilding Project. The goal of this is to provide a helpful resource for both new and experience players to find useful sets for a variety of OMs, and for these sets to be usable on a variety of teams and playstyles. These sets may be able to be modified to suit the users needs as necessary. All sets will be arranged by OM, and then further into roles (i.e....

Other Metagames Teambuilding Project]]>30The OM Hub & Other News - Send us a letter!Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:58:06 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/the-om-hub-other-news-send-us-a-letter.3526279/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/the-om-hub-other-news-send-us-a-letter.3526279/unfixableunfixableapproved by our new leaders, The Immortal and Eevee General

Welcome to OU Theorymon! If you're not aware of this project, allow me to briefly recap what it is about. The OU Theorymon Project was created to examine the effects of one buff (an added move, changed ability, or type change) to any Pokemon below a B- ranking in the OU...

Hello! Unfixable here with another Metagame, this time, with No Abilities! Yep, some things have gotten quite the nerf, such as our lovable Azumarill and Medicham, even Diggersby as well! This metagame will all be reliant on stats, movepool, and item choice, with nothing stopping you from setting up Stealth Rock on Espeon or...​

No Ability Metagame!]]>92Linked (Now with 100% more playability)Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:00:41 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/linked-now-with-100-more-playability.3524254/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/linked-now-with-100-more-playability.3524254/Hack_GuyHack_Guy
it had to be done lol
Approved by Eevee General and The Immortal

Premise:
Anyone who has played the the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series knows about electivire's shop and the Link Box. This shop lets you link moves together such that they are used one after the other, like gear grind. The boxes are basically the same, but can be used...

This metagame is all built on a very simple concept: All Pokemon below OU/BL have all their base stats increased by 5 per tier below OU/BL. BLs get the boosts of the tier above.

Pokemon in UU/BL2 get a boost of 5 to each stat.

Pokemon in RU/BL3 get a boost of 10 to each...

Tier Shift ORAS]]>27Almost Any Ability Creative/Underrated Sets ThreadTue, 24 Mar 2015 20:15:52 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/almost-any-ability-creative-underrated-sets-thread.3525317/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/almost-any-ability-creative-underrated-sets-thread.3525317/aesfaesf
AAA is a tier filled with almost unlimited possibilities; that said, the metagame should theoretically be very diverse and full of creative ideas. But that's almost the exact opposite of what the tier is slowly becoming; many players are putting restricting themselves to only using specific sets that are seen everywhere. And it's like this in almost every metagame. However, the underlying truth is that a lot of the time, having an innovative set works far...

Almost Any Ability Creative/Underrated Sets Thread]]>77Niche DiscoveryTue, 24 Mar 2015 19:09:21 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/niche-discovery.3528292/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/niche-discovery.3528292/SnaquazaSnaquazaApproved by Eevee General a long time ago on PS / Submissions. He said to start in February but it's almost February.Niche Discovery OM Version...​Niche Discovery]]>80Basic Elements (Coded - Need Host Server)Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:41:42 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/basic-elements-coded-need-host-server.3529519/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/basic-elements-coded-need-host-server.3529519/DinaIshaDinaIshaApproved by Eevee General

Hi, there!
This thread intends to collect the code required to play the approved Other Metas, including Pet Mods.

How to contribute?

You may provide a Github Gist, Pastebin, or link to a similar site, containing either the code itself required to implement the OM or the diffs involved in its implementation (so a link to a dedicated commit or pull request would...

General Thread for OM Code]]>58UU OMs Mega ThreadFri, 20 Mar 2015 21:42:48 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/uu-oms-mega-thread.3517784/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/uu-oms-mega-thread.3517784/The ImmortalThe Immortal​
Are you tired of playing against the same, overused Pokemon? Well now you don't have to! This thread is to discuss, and possibly to find opponents to play in, the UU of OMs. The banlist is obtained as follows: Pokemon with more than 3.41% usage in the...

Everybody loves 1v1 and everybody love doubles, so why not both? burmymons 2v2 doubles is doubles, but both players only have 2 pokemon. Like in 1v1, there is a team preview, but with 4 pokemon instead of 3

Ban list & Rules (similar to doubles):

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Welcome to Spe-Neutrality! In this OM, all moves have a priority of 0. This includes moves like Protect as well as phasing moves. It also includes the abilities Prankster and Gale...

Spe-Neutrality]]>64Other Metas RMT ArchiveFri, 20 Mar 2015 00:14:53 +0000http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/other-metas-rmt-archive.3531898/
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/other-metas-rmt-archive.3531898/Kit KasaiKit KasaiOther Metas RMT Archive
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​Welcome to the Other Metas RMT Archive! There have been many OM RMTs in the past, but I feel like many of them have not gotten the attention they deserved. This is mainly because many OM players do not frequent the RMT forum, and the RMT team raters do not rate non-standard teams. This thread serves to bridge the gap between the OM forum and the RMT forum and gives people the opportunity to show off their teams....